The aim of this catalogue of wallcharts is to provide a list of charts and flannelgraphs suitable for use in schools so that teachers, education authorities, and others may have on hand a concise reference to all charts available on any particular topic. All charts of specific teaching value designed especially for wall display and at least 10…

The Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury, Connecticut received a state grant in 1976 to provide increased accessibility to their services through a books-by-mail program. In 1975, 9,750 catalogs listing the books-by-mail collection were mailed to local households. Newspaper publicity requested that households that received the catalogs share them…

This document is intended as a guide for librarians and should be amended, altered, or otherwise scaled to meet the particular needs of a library. Two separate sets of specifications are included: one for preparing film on a planetary type camera and the other for a rotary type camera. (Author)

An analysis of the punctuation of the eighth edition Library of Congress Subject Headings reveals that the hyphen, coma and parentheses are most often used. Examples of these and the use of the apostrophe, dash, and period are discussed. (Author/MBR)

Analysis of relationships between Library of Congress subject headings in the discipline of anthropology reveals a fauly structure with reference to levels of generalization. Possible solutions to the problems discussed are suggested. (Author/AWP)

The on-line union list currently being developed by the University of Pittsburgh and libraries of the Pittsburgh Regional Library Center is described, including information on present procedures, future plans, and format for local data records agreed upon with OCLC. (Author/KP)

Section six is a company directory. It is an alphabetical listing of manufacturers and suppliers of the products and services listed in previous sections of this periodical. Addresses are given. (MA)

In order for special libraries to participate more equitably in cooperative resource sharing, a directory should include a careful subject analysis of their resources, particularly of uncataloged and informal collections. (Author)

Observations on and personal reactions to the computer output microfilm catalog at the University of Toronto Libraries are reported by a library school faculty member. (AP)

Discusses ways microcomputers can be used to create the single machine-readable record that will be used by an automated library system. The options described include in-house conversion, part in-house and part service bureau, and service bureau. Specific vendors' services are listed and pros and cons of various options are explained. (EM)

This description of the folk music "industry" as it exists in America and the British Isles focuses on the output of many small record labels which have evolved out of the folk revival. Addresses and descriptions of 16 major producers of folk music are included. Eleven references are cited. (EJS)

Reviewed are some of the environmental periodical literature available to the public. The periodicals are divided into three categories: periodicals that deal chiefly with environmental problems and research, periodicals that are generally classified as conservation and nature magazines, and periodicals from other fields that include material on…

Describes the edition, on computer output microfiche, of the supplement to the 1965 Union catalogue of foreign periodicals in Belgian and Luxemburgian libraries and documentation centers. The microfiches contain location information of 28,000 periodicals in 300 libraries and are edited in a rich typography. (Author)

This paper provides an overview of cataloging in the 20th century. Highlights include: (1) issues in 1901, including the emerging cooperative cataloging system and the work of Charles Ammi Cutter; (2) the 1908 code, i.e., "Catalog Rules: Author and Title Entries," published in British and American editions; (3) the Vatican rules, a code…

This paper discusses two efforts that offer solution paths to interoperability of the Z39.50 standard protocol for information retrieval. The first section provides background on interoperability and Z39.50, identifying the categories of syntactic protocol interoperability, functional protocol interoperability, and semantic interoperability. The…